Estimation Station
Carlee's Car Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem were that there is not enough information given to answer the problem. The information that was helpful to me was the the amount of miles driven and the bars representing the amount of gas in the tank. It would have been much more helpful if the bars were a percentage instead, but I think I was able to solve the problem with what was given. My estimate is that the car will go about 315 miles on one tank. I came to this answer by looking at how the gas tank went from 11 bars to 10 bars from 48 miles driven to 74.3. I found the difference in miles, 26.3, and multiplied that by the maximum number of bars representing gas in the tank which was 12, and got 315.6.
Trevin's Cookie Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem are that it is pretty straight forward. The information that is helpful to me is the dimensions of the bucket that are listen at the bottom of the page. I solved this problem by multiplying the height, width, and depth to get 2,450.5 cubic inches. This is equal to 169.7 cups. If 2 cups of flour gets you 7 cookies, then the bucket of flour should give you about 593 cookies.
Jessica's Battery Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem are that her phone will not last until 11 due to how fast it dies throughout the day. The information that is helpful is being able to see the time and the battery percentage as the time gets closer to 11. My estimate is that her phone will have about 1% of battery or be completely dead by 11 because her phone uses about 38% of battery after 6 hours and her phone had 38% left about 6 hours before 11.
Ryan's Record Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem are that seems simple. The information that is helpful in solving the problem are the diameter of the record and the radius of the donuts. My estimate is that the area of record is 113 in² and the area of the donut is 28 in². I got this answer by taking the radius squared of each item and multiplying them by pie.
Salina's Nail Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem are that is seems to give a good amount of information to be able to solve the problem. The information that was useful was how often she painted her nails, how many brush dips the nail paint will last, and how many dips for each finger. My estimate is that it will last her about 100 weeks. I got this answer by dividing the 1,000 dips by her 10 fingers that she will paint.
My initial thoughts on this problem were that there is not enough information given to answer the problem. The information that was helpful to me was the the amount of miles driven and the bars representing the amount of gas in the tank. It would have been much more helpful if the bars were a percentage instead, but I think I was able to solve the problem with what was given. My estimate is that the car will go about 315 miles on one tank. I came to this answer by looking at how the gas tank went from 11 bars to 10 bars from 48 miles driven to 74.3. I found the difference in miles, 26.3, and multiplied that by the maximum number of bars representing gas in the tank which was 12, and got 315.6.
Trevin's Cookie Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem are that it is pretty straight forward. The information that is helpful to me is the dimensions of the bucket that are listen at the bottom of the page. I solved this problem by multiplying the height, width, and depth to get 2,450.5 cubic inches. This is equal to 169.7 cups. If 2 cups of flour gets you 7 cookies, then the bucket of flour should give you about 593 cookies.
Jessica's Battery Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem are that her phone will not last until 11 due to how fast it dies throughout the day. The information that is helpful is being able to see the time and the battery percentage as the time gets closer to 11. My estimate is that her phone will have about 1% of battery or be completely dead by 11 because her phone uses about 38% of battery after 6 hours and her phone had 38% left about 6 hours before 11.
Ryan's Record Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem are that seems simple. The information that is helpful in solving the problem are the diameter of the record and the radius of the donuts. My estimate is that the area of record is 113 in² and the area of the donut is 28 in². I got this answer by taking the radius squared of each item and multiplying them by pie.
Salina's Nail Problem
My initial thoughts on this problem are that is seems to give a good amount of information to be able to solve the problem. The information that was useful was how often she painted her nails, how many brush dips the nail paint will last, and how many dips for each finger. My estimate is that it will last her about 100 weeks. I got this answer by dividing the 1,000 dips by her 10 fingers that she will paint.